Party banter disappeared with patch 3
Prior to patch 3 updating automatically I had no issues whatsoever with party banter not triggering as reported by several players - after this patch installed I get nothing,absolutely nothing at all...
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Heya everyone,
The studio is investigating this issue and would really appreciate the following information:
- What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
- What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots?
- What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor?
- What followers are you using at the time?
- How would you describe your play-style? How are you moving around in areas? For example, are you using the mount? Are you playing a mage and using Blink to move around areas?
- Are you engaging in regular combat? (Are you in combat every 30 seconds?) Are you playing in heavy-combat zones where non-player factions are fighting each other?
- How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in)
- Where do you expect banter to be firing?
If anyone has any experience with video capture, we would greatly appreciate that as well. We are looking for the following:
- With three followers, idle in a safe area in an exploration zone. Be away from any combat including enemy factions who are fighting each other. A good place to do this would be right outside of the first Inquisition Camp in the Hinterlands. You must ensure that no combat is nearby for this test to be valid.
- Enable subtitles
- Idle for 30 minutes while running video capture – banter should be heard at least once. Alternately, you could idle for 60 minutes – banter should fire at least twice.
- Upload your video and share the link with us here.
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
The studio is investigating this issue and would really appreciate the following information:
What Platform are you playing the game on? If PC, can you provide a DxDiag?
PC: http://hastebin.com/ekiwezosav.tex
What areas have you been in when the problem was reported? Have you already entered the Hinterlands? Are you mostly spending time on Critical Path plots?
I have noticed the issue on both of the inquisitors I have played since patch, one is basically done with the game (completeionist before doing final quest) the other is a fresher toon and had not been in hinterlands before the patch but did so afterwards. I have not seen any banter in Storm Coast, Hinterlands, Crestwood so far.
What is the the Race/Class/Gender combination of your Inquisitor?
Male Human Rouge
Male Elf mage
Also have female qunari warrior and female elf mage but havent been on either long enough to say it bugged.
What followers are you using at the time?
Rogue has mixed every set of companions and has used ones I have never used before in the overworld like the current combiniation I am sitting on of Varric,Cole,Sera.
Elf Mage is using Cassandra, Solas, Varric
How would you describe your play-style? How are you moving around in areas? For example, are you using the mount? Are you playing a mage and using Blink to move around areas?
Completionist, running around not using blink or evade (because it puts you in combat and you run slower). Never use mounts.
Are you engaging in regular combat? (Are you in combat every 30 seconds?) Are you playing in heavy-combat zones where non-player factions are fighting each other?
Not particularily so. Perhaps once every 5 min maximum.
How many hours have you spent in your current playthrough? (the one you are experiencing the banter issues in)
68 hours in Human Rogue, 6 hours in Elf Mage (male), other toons are 45 hours female elf mage, and 10 hours female qun warrior. So I think I know fairly well the level of banter I had been getting prior to this update.
Where do you expect banter to be firing?
I still get the object/event related triggers, I am not seeing random banter. I did manage to get exactly ONE banter event and that was the second after quest boss completion (this on my elf male mage).
In your comments you suggested that we should see banter once every 30 minutes. Now perhaps this was my imagination, but I feel strongly that in the overworld I was (pre-patch) seeing banter closer to once every 10 minutes. (excluding event)
